Rounding the Western rings in February 2015

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

City	Club	Event(s)
Calgary, AB	Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring)	- Murray Hatfield Lecture
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- Murray Hatfield lecture
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- Murray Hatfield lecture
Fraser Valley, BC	IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring)	- Third Monday Magic - Murray Hatfield lecture
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- Annual  Installation  Banquet - Bizzaro lecture
Vancouver, BC	SAM 95  (Carl Hemeon Assembly)	- John Kaplan lecture
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- Murray Hatfield lecture

 
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Rounding the Central rings in February 2015

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Montreal, QC	Ring 62 (20th Century Ring)	- Stage workers
Hamilton, ON	Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club)	- TBA
London, ON	Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild)	- Sponge ball magic.
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle)	- Impromptu tricks found around the house and in Dollarama
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- Member’s Night:  Jean-Luc’s Theme Night “Everything Book Magic” - Literacy Magic - Initiation Shows - Charity Show:  Rehabilitation Hospital Show (Adults)
Ottawa, ON	Ottawa / Gatineau magicians	- n/a
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	- Pre-meeting Jam with Rob Powers:  "jam session from 6 till 7 before the meeting. Bring whatever you'd like to jam with but if you use linking rings, ill be jamming with rings so bring them along and we can trade some cool moves" - Members' night - lecture/panel discussion featuring the cast of the movie "A series of unfortunate effects."

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Rounding the Eastern rings in February 2015

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Halifax, NS	Ring 316 (Conjourer's Court)	- n/a - Visit their Facebook page.
St. John, NB	Magic Circle of St. John	- n/a

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Who's where February 2015

Leave a comment on this post to let us know where you're going to be this month!

• Magic Mondays with James Jordan in Calgary
   
• From Ben Train's Twitter feed :
  

  Every Fri & Sat at @DnB_Toronto, come see @bobbymotta and @billabbottlive! 2 shows a night, 8 & 10:15- $20 per show (includes game cards)!
  — Ben Train (@ErdnaseinTO) February 22, 2015

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4	From David Merry's Twitter feed: http://t.co/uM4grGQbOP pic.twitter.com/DXPXs473Sl — David Merry (@davidmerry) February 3, 2015
5	Jason Palter at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic)
6	Brian Roberts at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic)
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8	50% discount at Magic Tonight with coupon code cmagic From Keith Brown's Facebook page: Post by Keith Brown.
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10	I'll be debating our obsession with bacon at a live taping of @cbcdebaters on Feb. 10th. Here's an excerpt from my opening arguments: "the" — David Acer (@David_Acer) January 25, 2015
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12	Post by Keith Brown. Ben Train at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic) From Perfect Magic's Facebook page: Post by Perfect Magic.
13	Wes Zaharuk at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic)
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15	Chris Mayhew at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic)
16	From Bill Abbott's Twitter feed: CHICO IS BACK!!! 2 shows only. This Monday 2pm and 4pm @DnB_Toronto $20 Tix at the door includes unlimited game card! pic.twitter.com/F9AkMxTlo0 — Bill Abbott (@billabbottlive) February 14, 2015 From Ben Train's Facebook page: Post by Benzi Train.
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19	Wes Zaharuk at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic) From Richard Forget's Facebook page: Post by Magic Stripped with Richard Forget.
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21	From James Jordan Twitter feed: http://t.co/QPrtz3lUyz Excited to return to #Calgary's only #Magical #arts #festival WowFest. Get tickets at http://t.co/763xbiY3ot #yyc — James Jordan (@JJordanmagic) February 8, 2015 Phil Pivnick at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic)
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Broken wand: Joseph Ward

From Legacy:

Joseph Andrew Ward April 4, 1932 - January 9, 2015 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Joseph Andrew Ward aka "Santa Joe". Joe was predeceased by his wife Oma, daughters Donna Lacey and Joanne Ward. He is survived by son Brent Ward (Nancy), daughter Bev Ward Young (Randy) and grandchildren Miles and Clint Lacey, Tara and Jaz Young and Hayley and Sami Ward. Joe was a Jack of all Trades, inventor and adventurer. At an early age he moved to Churchhill Manitoba where he became a fisherman and the proud owner of a dog sled team. Joe was a man of many talents; machinist, volunteer fireman, square dance caller, carpenter, prospector, magician and Santa to name a few.

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Top 5 posts in January 2015

It's been another busy month for news close to 50 posts! Here are the most viewed posts at Canada's Magic this month:

5. Thirty seconds with Eric Leclerc - Eric's a fun interview! 

4. Erin Thomas writes about a Performance Critique Workshop - It's always interesting learn an "outsider's" point of view. 

3. Breaking news! Toronto: Browser's Den Bash! - SOLD OUT in 8 days!  Amazing!  (You can still put yourself on the waiting list.) 

2. Who's Where January 2015 - Does anybody out there find these valuable?

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. Chris Westfall published in Genii - Congratulations again Chris!

David Merry in the Toronto Star

From the Toronto Star:

To that end, Foster has recruited what he says is an A-list team of about a dozen equally mature headliners to form his squadron of aces: peers whom he shared stages with in Toronto during those comedy boom days of the mid-’80s.

“When we started we were still kind of building it,” explains Foster recruit David Merry, about that era when seemingly overnight the country was dotted with comedy clubs and one-nighters. 

Merry, who blends deft magic and clever props with an original, international, well-crafted standup routine, is also one the most universally beloved amongst his brethren — no small feat in an industry that’s fraught with oversized egos and infighting.

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